THE NEW YORKER tion, the captains had their instructions to stand by; twelve hours later, they be gan to pass those instructions on to the milicianos. At 10:55 P.M. on Apnl 24th, radIo stations all over Portugal broadcast a song called "E Depois do ;\deus," which means "After the Goodbyes," and the officers woke their troops and ordered them out on night exercises. Some told their men en route that they were going to take over the country; others waIted until their units were deployed. One Lis- bon-bdsed Army unit quietly entered the national radio dnd television studios on the Alameda das Linhas de Torres, and at 12 :20 A.M. they signalled the stdrt of the revolution with a beautiful song about a town called Grândola, in Alentejo, which had provided the re- gime with so many martyrs that it had become a symbol of Portuguese re- sistance and Portuguese liberty. More than three-quarte rs of the military at home and in the colonies joined the revolution, and the companIes that re- fused to JOIn surrendered without a fight before the day was over. People were already in the streets of Lisbon, celebratIng, when Caetano signed over his powers to Spínola. T HE captains knew what they wanted: they wanted to be dll things to all Portuguese. They wanted to balance the right and the left, the rich and the poor, the soldiers and the civilians so precisely and so equitably that no one group could accumulate the power or the pt:lranoia to start trouble during their custodial year. v'That they got instead was a kind of unstable equilibrium of interests, per- sonalities, and ideologies. For awhile, people here went around quoting An- tónio Champalimaud, who replied to a summons from the new Minister of Economics by saying, "Look, I won't talk to you until you tell me who is running this country." The fact is that nobody was running the country. There were days last spring in Lisbon when policy was made by whoever got to the phone first, and retracted by whoever got there next. The .LL\.rmy, in its new passion for democracy, had managed to create so many competing centers of authority that no one in government could function an} other way. There was SpInola's Presidency, which car- ried such vaguely defined responsibil- ities that the Genera], being an en- thusiastic believer in himself, took them for a sort of Gaullist mandate. There was his Junta of NatIonal Salvation, which was supposed to embody a cross- section of the "democratic" generals 119 PreciOllS Little P dinte1 4 I!l t .; I Innocence captured in bronze by Malcolm Moran of Carmel. She's lost in her own world of sparkling colors and shapes. The pride of professional coll- ectors and a very personal gift for anyone who ever loved to paint. 6 inches high includ- ing wood base, $ 200. ., .:..1. t. '., VI I , <' .:"..... . ""- ",. ':. :,t-.. . ':. h i. ,. ...;ì-:. "':. ':(.,' ".;:'. : ;::. ,':'.: :" . I ..' :. .f Add $5.00 for shipping beyond delivery area and state tax where applicable. ?:" .... :.... .: ;.... ^::.., .: .::../ ':::. > 'Äo-" :.' '{:." :. .: ;:: ":;;::.:": ; ::' '. :' ::i' J>:;;:"' %-":.: " ':;;:: ; '..;;;" .:;:; :::: ; t : .; :*:<k' 'f:::'::; ;:'f-:;;.. : ..; . :!t> ::"::t:: :..,): -i : ;t :;;::. '. .::.:. J.B. HUDSON J.E. CALDWELL JESSOPS Minneapolis, MN. Philadelphia, P A. San Diego, CA 612-375-2840 215-864-8829 714-239-9311 C.D. PEACOCK C.W. WARREN SHREVE'S Chicago, I L. Troy, MI. San Francisco CA 312-630-5701 313-643-7200 415-421-2600 . @ + -<: ,<. u,Þ ..... , . Jjo.Q' , "<:" ',.... :. ., $J;.- ../' Vof' : ." .". ,.Q 7"Y-: ..s.. -'. '" 1"(" ......... .. "' . '" "', -4 ;, 'C.:" '{ d l ,-; r..... ...... .. / . ..", " "'): .....:.. J>>' ........ . .:;,." ..... .-/ . . " <>< (o... ' '" :-.r:<....... . . ;"<...... ::-..." "."': -", : ': " '8"'" ,, , >t(' ) 'y ..' : ^ .,xo""",;..,..,H' < . > -:::' : . 'h ... f: '.. ;-.' , ........ -:- ;;:.v. Ollve burl and po1ishedchrome dining table bv sculptcr*d:esignet Paul Evans . .' , , "."..: ... / :. ';-'å . : o}:' . .. :-". :.:::,. Directional Furniture Showrooms. New York: 979 Third Ave. 0 & 0 Bldg. Chicago: 6-121 Merchandise Mart San FrancIsco: Space No 304.6, 7, The Icehouse Boston Dallas Miami Los Angetes Purcha$es through your intenor designer. architect or deater. Send 25e for color brochures N-4